See also: کژ, کر, گز, گر, and کز

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ك ر ر (k-r-r)

Verb edit

كَرَّ (karra) I, non-past يَكُرُّ‎ (yakurru)

  1. to return, to come back, to recur, to head back
  2. to return to attack again, to assail [+ عَلَى (object) = whom]
    Antonym: فَرَّ (farra)
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

كَرّ (karrm

  1. verbal noun of كَرَّ (karra) (form I)
    1. return, coming back, head back
    2. attack
      Antonym: فَرّ (farr)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/⁠kuru⁠/, short reed mat, collection of reeds; a woven thing), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, to twist, to wind, to turn).

Noun edit

كَرّ (karrm (plural كِرَار (kirār) or كُرُور (kurūr))

  1. rope woven from palm bast or fibres
Declension edit
 
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Aramaic כּוֹרָא (kōrā, a dry measure), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kōrā, a dry measure), from Akkadian 𒄥 (/⁠kurru⁠/), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, a bundle of barley; standard unit of capacity). Also found in Hebrew כֹּר (kōr), and in the meaning of a young donkey in Safaitic 𐪋𐪇 (kr /⁠korr⁠/) beside two asses pictured.

Noun edit

كُرّ (kurrm (plural كِرَار (kirār)) (obsolete)

  1. a dry measure, six ass loads
    1. (al-Kūfa, Bağdād) 60 قَفِيز (qafīz), 2700 kg
    2. (al-Baṣra, Wāṣiṭ) 120 قَفِيز (qafīz), 2880 kg
  2. (dialectal, Syria) the foal of an ass

References edit

Moroccan Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كر (karrm

  1. (vulgar) ass

Yemeni Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Disputed etymology:

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

كُرّ (kurr)

  1. eddo (Colocasia antiquorum, usually accepted as a syn. of Colocasia esculenta)

Etymology 2 edit

Variant of Arabic كُرَة (kura, a ball, a mass, a clump).

Noun edit

كُرّ or كَرّ (kurr or karr) (plural كُرُور (kurūr))

  1. (Tihama) dung

References edit

  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427